Sprinkler



(No Model.)

J. NABER, Jr.

SPRINKLER.

'izlllFH IHIII| UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JosEPn NABER, JR, 0E COLLINS, NEW roan.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,901, dated March 5, 1889. Application filed March 20, 1888. Serial No. 267,813. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH NABER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Collins, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sprinklers for distributing paris-green and other insect-destroying powders which are held in solution or suspension in liquids; and it has for its object, first, to provide a nozzle or rose for the end of the spout, which will enable the liquid to be more easily and certainly deposited on the desired spot; furthermore, to provide astirring or agitating device to enable the powder to be kept thoroughly mixed with the liquid.

With these objects in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully set forth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in connecwhich are arranged in rear of tion with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side view of the sprinkler. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the nozzle or rose. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the can, having the spout B on its front side and the handle 0 on its rear side; and D D represent ears arranged on opposite sides of the can at its upper edge, and having the bail E attached thereto.

F F represent triangular shaped stops, the bail, whereby, when the latter is raised to its vertical position, it bears against the stops, and is thus held in the vertical position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. A socket, G, is formed in the center of the bottom of the can, and a spring-catch, H, is attached to the hood I, (which extends partly over the top of the can in the ordinary way,) and is provided with the bearing K. This bearing aligns with the socket G, and is open at one side, and the said open side closes against the edge of the said hood, thereby closing the bearing.

L represents a vertical shaft, which is mounted at its upper end inthe bearing K and at its lower end in the socket G, and it is provided below the bearing with a rigid col lar, M, which prevents the shaft from being raised vertically. A paddle having the wings is attached to the shaft near its lower end, whereby when the shaft is rotated the contents of the can are agitated at the bottom and any sediment is stirred. The upper end of the shaft is provided withacrank, O, to enable it to be rotated.

P represents the nozzle or rose, which is attached to the end of the spout, and it is of a flattened oval shape having perforations in its under side.

The advantages of this sprinkler are as follows: hen the paris-green or other poison is placed therein, it may be continually stirred with the agitator While the liquid is being poured on the plants. Furthermore, the agitator is removable, (by simply drawing the free end of the spring-catch away from the edge of the hood) to enable the can to be used as an ordinary sprinkler. Furthermore, the device is more easily handled, for the reason that the rigid bail, together with the ordinary handle, enables the can to be more firmly grasped and more easily steadied; and, furthermore, the nozzle or rose enables the liquid to be more certainly deposited on the desired spot, and after the can is placed on its bottom there is no dripping from the nozzle or rose.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- 1. In a sprinkler, the combination, with the can having a spout, of the socket in the bottom of the can, the spring-catch having a bearing, K, aligned with the socket, and the vertical shaftcarrying a paddle and a crank and mounted in the socketand bearing, substantially as specified.

2. In a sprinkler, the combination, with a can provided with a spout, and a hood, I, overhanging the front side of the can, of the springcatoh H, secured to the hood and extending beyond the rear edge thereof, and provided at its free end with the open-sided bearing K, which aligns with a socket, G, in the bot tom of the can, and has its open side closed by the edge of the hood, and the vertical shaft provided with a paddle and a crank and mounted in the socket and bearing, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature .in

presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH NABER, JR.

lVitnesses: I

NIKOLAS ScHAUs, MATHIAS WEGNER. 

